Merkwurkdigliebe

I watched the Inauguration with a couple of dozen colleagues in our conference room today. To protect ourselves from anchorbabble, we tuned the set to C-Span. We held our tongues, too, for the most part, savoring the awe in silence. But when Dick Cheney and his wheelchair filled the screen, a voice spoke up from the back of the room: “Mein Führer! I can walk!” Kudos, please, to Nick Paumgarten for his instant recall of a great—and apt—moment in cinema history:

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